Diederich gets particularly fired up about the area’s entrepreneurial spirit. To promote the region, he is working on setting up an ecosystem within the Startup EDR project.Diederich: ‘A network in which entrepreneurs, start-ups, companies, investors, grant providers and coaches are brought together to promote Dutch-German cross-border entrepreneurship. For everyone from Ems to Dollart: Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, East Frisia, Oldenburg Land and Emsland.’